Word Meanings

(Some crop up in Newport Manor Deeds)

Seneschal

1. A steward of the household of a medieval prince or nobleman who took charge of the domestic arrangements etc. 2. (British) a cathedral official (C14 medieval Latin siniscalcus Old High German senescalh oldest servant. (Collins English Dictionary)

Ströd

…as found at Meretown in the field names Elms strude. The meaning is “marshy land with brushwood” (Place Names in the Landscape by Margaret Gelling)

Ora (plural Oræ)

(Old Norse øre – an ounce) one eighth of a MARK: a unit of account usually reckoned to be 20d but sometimes 16d. (Domesday Book – A Complete Translation – Penguin Books)

Pixa

A box for keeping the Eucharist. Found in Notes re Lichfield Diocese by C.W.S. Dixon. (Pyx:– Collins English Dictionary)

Piscator

The surname of a person in charge of fishing in 13th century Newport. [piscatorial – of or relating to fish, fishing or fishermen. (Collins English Dictionary).]